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Twenty first century science and technology, developed and deployed wisely, has the potential to profoundly enhance human wellbeing. Our health and fitness, in both body and mind, could be far higher than at present. Age-old tendencies to the abuse of power, to emotional depression, to deception and self-deception, to egotism and envy, to wastefulness, to divisiveness, to senility and disease, and to decay and death, could all become things of the past. A radically better future is within our collective grasp. But this future won't arrive without some major shifts in attitude, in priorities, and the allocation of funds and resources.

Society needs the equivalent of a number of Apollo-scale projects, to accelerate the transformation from dangerously unstable situation of the present-day into a future in which the true positive potential of humanity is fulfilled. The focus of the leaders of society needs to change, quickly, towards the very large benefits that science and technology can deliver.

This event features three panellists who each offer their recommendations for political action in support of profoundly enhanced human wellbeing.

== About the speakers ==

Jose Cordeiro is the principal author of the Spanish-language best-selling book "La Muerte de la Muerte", https://lamuertedelamuerte.org/. He is a leading advocate of longevity research and rejuvenation technologies, vice chair of Humanity Plus, director of the Millennium Project, and fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science.

Copies of "La Muerte de la Muerte" will be available for sale at the event to be autographed by the authors. Note that all royalties and author rights for this book are donated to anti-aging scientific research with the SENS Foundation in California and Spain.

Room B18 is on the basement level in the main Birkbeck College building, in Torrington Square (which is a pedestrian-only square). Torrington Square is about 10 minutes walk from either Russell Square or Goodge St tube stations.